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Having too much mojo is kind of like having too many swimbaits...

Kokanee. Works for trout, shad and herring. I've caught fish on it in ponds that didn't even have any of those. I like the old herring color also, very close to Kokanee.

I've heard some good things about them from some saltwater anglers going after toothy fish. For bass, I don't see a problem with a simple line through.

You can put the hook on the top. Sometimes it can be hard to get the line to go to one side or to the other. I think there is a little bit of plastic in there that can get pushed one way or the other that you have to push through. Pay attention to which way the line wants to curl and that can help get it to go up or down. Use some really heavy line to push through and open the path first. I've also ran the line backwards to clear the path with some success.

Waay Whaaaat!? That's awesome, can't wait to hear what's up.

They. Catch. Fish. of all sizes. I prefer the bigger sizes for drawing some bigger bass, especially in the cold of winter.

Road rash, blind in one eye, busted lip, and a cracked smile, and would still look good retired on a wall of fame.

I fish perhaps the blue backiest of blue back lakes: Lake Murray. My go to baits: Cl8 Clacker 5" Ayu -- Best numbers bait from March until December (striper or largies). No matter what size bait the bass are keyed in on. Big ones eat it too, but doesn't weed out the rats. A must have bait for me, tied on all year except Dec-Feb when I only throw bigger baits. I take off the hook on the tail (don't need it on this small size of bait), and replace the other two hooks with the Mustad KVD short shank x-heavy hooks (in those size of hook, I've had the owners that come on the clacker straightened out). HPH original 6" (not the glide, don't have one of them) -- Not made anymore, but might be able to get one on the black market. Good year round. Catches all sizes, but when fish are focused on small bait doesn't get the numbers of "limit filler" large mouth. However, it catches the biggest fish better than others year round. Nov. - March really shines with a SLOW retrieve. Stripers seem to love this one more than all the others. Have one tied on year round. Triple trout -- 5" stubby, 6", 7" -- Seem best when they are on big bait. Most consistent in winter and spring for me, but produces year round. Great night bite bait also. When the striper bite is red hot and they'll hit anything (or if I take somebody I don't trust with my expensive baits), I've thrown magic swimmers and they seem to work pretty well also.

Heavier hooks helps a little. As they get bigger, they get more stable and can be retrieved faster without blowing out. The exception is the stubbies. A 5 inch stubby can be retrieved faster than a 6" or even 7" regular. That being said, I will fish them slow to fast, but not really burn them. If I want to burn, I usually pick up a Cl8 Clacker. One of my friends burns an 8" right on the surface, he only fishes with a Fin-S for a tail. Might help it burn faster. I have always used the stock tails.

Fast replies, shipped quickly, everything as it should be. No hesitation to do business with him at all.

Practice saying "I am Groot"...

Just tried to look up the model, it appears Beckman nets has gone out of business. That sucks.

I've been using a Beckman net with a rubber dipped netting for 10+ years. Sits flat on the floor of my boat, gets trampled on a lot. No problems, still using the original netting and it sees a lot of bass, lot of stripers and occasional catfish or gar.

Never held or fished a carved wood bait from him, but even if they slay them I'm not sure anything is worth $350 as purely a fish catching lure. According to his site he is accomplished as a fish decoy carver. Not as big a following as carved duck decoys, but still a field of collectibles with a good following. The value of his work/time as artist/craftsman probably influences his carved baits prices.

I got a 6" shiner custom painted in a bloody herring color. I am impressed. The action is good and easy to play with at different speeds. Swims well at all speeds for me, only time I get a blow out is if I accellerate it from a pause too fast. It swims well fast, but you do have to take one or two cranks to accelerate it there. I have had some good success on both largemouth and stripers in limited time I've been out since I got it a about a month ago.

The backs of the herring in my lake are almost always green. They don't seem to have the greenish-bluish band down the upper side, but for some reason baits that do often outproduce those that don't.

my trolling motor batteries are on their 7th or 8th year. cabelas AGM. Even had a some loose junk in my boat get between one and the storage are wall, cracking the case after a big wave jolted the boat. Replaced under warranty since it was the first year. Obviously, I've been happy with them. Had mixed results with walmarts batteries before these.

Triple trout

Hardgills are awesome. The big size is sold out of sinking, but there are some baby hardgills in several sink rates and colors available on mattlures website right now. Triple trout bluegill has been good also. It is a little thicker and less thump. TW usually has them in stock.

Good feedback, thanks. Both units are new. This is for on my console and either size will fit. The 5 thats there now will go up to the front (replacing an OLD eagle), so either way its a big upgrade. Marking spots with one touch while cruising over them sounds like a really cool thing. Just had somebody tell me scrolling back to the spots is really nice on the touch too. Those are the only things I see myself doing a lot to put value in the ease of use. So I guess it comes down to that vs. an extra 1.4 inches.

Looking at upgrading one of my units. Can get an HDS Gen2 8 or a HDS Gen2 7 touch for about the same. I haven't used the touch yet. Is it really any more convenient? I'm thinking the extra 1.4" of screen may be more usefull than the touch screen.

Custom paint nullifies the toad dust...

I gave my review in the link above of the first version of victory shad. Would have left it at that, but he seems to have no problem making comments on facebook about other peoples baits and how they run their business. Soooooo: Why would you try the new version which supposedly is better because it does what his advertising SAID the first version did (until you got it and it didn't, then you had to "find your rythm")? Advertising claims he admitted weren't accurate and said he would update, but never did? Instead he moved on to version 2 claiming it is "improved" making the same claims as the V1 (kinda a kick in the nuts to those who got a V1 dud). Seems at least some of the V1's swam well (he was able to make a video of it), but production didn't perform as advertised. All the other reviewers who got similar duds seems to confirm that. Seriously, the new motto should be "V2 swims great, because this time we really mean it".

"walleye" and "wicked torque", words that I wouldn't expect to put together even for the big ones.